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Friends of Lake ADAMHS welcomed more than 300 guests to its recent annual Celebrity Art Auction at the Banquet Center at St. Noel in Willoughby Hills, making it one of the organization\u2019s highest-grossing fundraising events.<\/p>\n
The annual event featured original works created and donated by 16 local celebrity artists, with proceeds supporting local behavioral health awareness and community initiatives.<\/p>\n
Guests also enjoyed silent and chance auctions, fellowship, and opportunities to learn more about local mental health and recovery resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe overwhelming support shown by our community demonstrates that mental health and recovery matter to the people of Lake County,\u201d said Lake County ADAMHS Board Executive Director Kim Fraser.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery artist, sponsor, volunteer, and attendee played an important role in making this one of the most successful Celebrity Art Auctions we\u2019ve ever hosted.\u201d<\/p>\n
The evening\u2019s highest-selling artwork, the Friendship Bench, created by Pam Martin and Christine Price, sold for more than $5,000 during the live auction. Fraser added that the handcrafted bench symbolizes the importance of listening, connection, and supporting one another.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the auction showcased a diverse collection of artwork, including paintings, photography, handcrafted furniture, sculpture, woodworking, and mixed-media pieces created by community leaders, educators, and business professionals.<\/p>\n
Friends of Lake ADAMHS also recognized the support of presenting sponsors Griffin Technology Group, New Era Benefits Consulting, Kenco Electric Inc., The Stone Team, and Century 21 HomeStar.<\/p>\n
Burges and Burges Strategists, Premier Behavioral Health Services, Rounders Lounge, Signature Commercial Real Estate and Verify Services provided additional sponsorship.<\/p>\n
The 2026 celebrity artists represented a broad cross-section of Lake County\u2019s business, nonprofit, education and civic communities, including:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sarah Bals \u2013 440 Marketing Agency<\/p>\n
\u2022 Melanie Blasko \u2013 Retired president and CEO of Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kalissa Cherkes \u2013 Student, Lake Erie College<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ryan \u201cShug\u201d Gilkerson \u2013 Ville City Branding<\/p>\n
\u2022 Tricia Johnston \u2013 Leadership Lake County<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ann Mahler \u2013 Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Pam Martin and Christine Price \u2013 Western Reserve Junior Service League<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jennifer Pealer \u2013 Jennifer and Co. Full Lifestyle Salon & Spas<\/p>\n
\u2022 Alaina Pontikos \u2013 Realtor, The Stone Team\/Century 21 HomeStar<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jennifer Sample \u2013 Lake Erie College, Cleveland Clinic and Signature Health board member<\/p>\n
\u2022 Libbie Stansifer \u2013 Signature Health<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lacy Talley \u2013 muralist, graphic designer<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jeffrey Taylor \u2013 J. Scott Studios and Lake ADAMHS board member<\/p>\n
\u2022 Janie Walland \u2013 artist, art teacher<\/p>\n
\u2022 Greg West \u2013 senior vice president, Hanna Commercial Real Estate<\/p>\n
Friends of Lake ADAMHS<\/a> is a volunteer-based organization that raises awareness about mental health and recovery, supports community education efforts, and assists the Lake County ADAMHS Board in promoting behavioral health initiatives throughout the county.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.news-herald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends of Lake ADAMHS welcomed more than 300 guests to its recent annual Celebrity Art Auction at the Banquet Center at St. Noel in Willoughby Hills, making it one of the organization\u2019s highest-grossing fundraising events. The annual event featured original works created and donated by 16 local celebrity artists, with proceeds supporting local behavioral health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2498712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[492097,492096,349315,492094,492095],"class_list":["post-2498711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-created-by-pam-martin-and-christine-price","tag-friendship-bench","tag-fundraiser","tag-lake-adamhs-boards-celebrity-art-auction","tag-lake-county-adamhs-board-executive-director-kim-fraser"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lake-ADAMHS-Boards-Celebrity-Art-Auction-draws-crowd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498713,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498711\/revisions\/2498713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}